Compare GCP Instances

Instance Type	c4a-highcpu-72	c4a-standard-72
Details	High-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding. c – Compute optimized 4 – Generation highcpu – 1-2x RAM/CPU ratio 72 – Number of CPUs	High-performance web servers, scientific modeling, batch processing, distributed analytics, HPC, machine/deep learning inference, ad serving, scalable multiplayer gaming, and video encoding. c – Compute optimized 4 – Generation standard – 4x RAM/CPU ratio 72 – Number of CPUs
Instance Family	General-purpose	General-purpose
Description	72 vCPUs, 144 GB RAM	72 vCPUs, 288 GB RAM
vCPUs	72	72
Memory	144 GiB	288 GiB
CPU Architecture	arm64	arm64
Processor	Google Axion	Google Axion
Shared CPU	no	no
GPU	no	no
Sustained Discounts (SUDs)	no	no
Sole Tenancy	yes	yes
Nested Virtualization	no	no
Custom Shapes	no	no
Confidential Compute	no	no
Maximum Persistent Disks	128	128
Maximum Persistent Disks Size	524288 GB	524288 GB
Disk Interface Type	NVMe	NVMe
Local SSD	yes	yes
Max Local SSD	6000 GB	6000 GB
Extreme Persistent Disks	no	no
Hyperdisk Extreme	yes	yes
Hyperdisk Throughput	yes	yes
Network Interfaces	gVNIC, IDPF	gVNIC, IDPF
Avg Price Diff	1.00x	1.19x

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Geography	Region	c4a-highcpu-72	c4a-standard-72
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-1)	2.7274	3.2328
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-10)	3.0031	3.5596
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-11)	3.0031	3.5597
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-12)	3.0718	3.6411
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-13)	3.1091	3.6852
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-14)	3.1580	3.7433
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-15)	3.2183	3.8148
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-16)	3.2183	3.8148
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-17)	3.2183	3.8148
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-18)	3.2786	3.8861
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-19)	3.3000	3.9116
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-2)	2.7274	3.2328
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-20)	3.3138	3.9279
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-21)	3.3647	3.9883
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-22)	3.4096	4.0415
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-23)	3.5025	4.1516
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-24)	3.5453	4.2019
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-25)	3.5730	4.2351
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-26)	3.6675	4.3471
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-27)	3.9001	4.6228
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-28)	4.3308	5.1334
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-29)	4.3646	5.1739
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-3)	2.8364	3.3620
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-4)	2.8636	3.3944
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-5)	2.8636	3.3944
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-6)	2.9728	3.5238
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-7)	3.0031	3.5596
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-8)	3.0031	3.5596
Hidden	Hidden (hidden-9)	3.0031	3.5596
North America	Iowa (us-central1)	2.7274	3.2328
North America	South Carolina (us-east1)	2.7274	3.2328
North America	Virginia (us-east4)	2.7274	3.2328

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